Saturday May 20, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of May 20, 1972:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Pittsburgh      1033  142   300   59   10   25   132   11    6   75   146  .290
St. Louis       1082  113   282   34    8   12   102   21    9   85   163  .261
New York        1037  127   265   38    8   23   118    9    9  117   185  .256
Chicago          983  129   250   39    7   26   120   19    8  100   152  .254
Los Angeles     1108  122   281   46    4   24   116   15    9   89   162  .254
Atlanta         1017  112   257   40    1   26   106   12    5   98   136  .253
Houston         1041  148   258   37   11   28   136   17    9  106   170  .248
Philadelphia    1003   98   243   48    7   21    91    7    7  104   202  .242
Cincinnati      1033  137   250   41    9   25   124   37   14  119   169  .242
San Francisco   1127  129   261   55   12   25   124   32    8  112   218  .232
Montreal         973   89   217   36    4    8    81   15   16   85   164  .223
San Diego       1007   89   219   33    6   20    83   14   17   78   180  .218

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Joe Torre (STL)          30  115   13   43   6   2   3   20   1   0    8   15  .374
Manny Sanguillen (PIT)   28  115   13   42   4   3   2   16   1   0    2   13  .365
Rick Monday (CHI)        28   86   19   31   5   1   5   14   5   2   19   20  .361
Matty Alou (STL)         29  105   12   36   3   0   1    8   3   2    5    5  .343
Bobby Tolan (CIN)        30  115   22   39   9   3   4   23  14   3   11    8  .339
Al Oliver (PIT)          28  118   18   40   8   1   2   19   0   1    6    7  .339
Richie Hebner (PIT)      27   99   15   32   6   1   5   16   0   0   10   10  .323
Roberto Clemente (PIT)   27  109   19   35   8   2   2   13   0   0    8   10  .321
Cesar Cedeno (HOU)       27  113   17   36   6   1   1   12  10   2   11   11  .319
Cleon Jones (NY)         26   96   11   30   2   0   2   13   0   2    8   23  .313

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gil Garrido            4    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Orlando Cepeda        16   58    5   20   3   0   3    8   0   0    4   10  .345
Jim Breazeale         10   13    2    4   1   0   0    3   0   0    0    2  .308
Rico Carty            26   73    9   22   4   0   2    8   0   0   17    9  .301
Ralph Garr            30  123   17   37   3   0   3   12   7   3    5    8  .301
Felix Millan          30  129   12   37   6   1   0   12   2   1    9    9  .287
Oscar Brown           14   14    5    4   0   0   2    4   0   0    1    1  .286
Hank Aaron            24   90   14   25   2   0   6   15   1   0   16   13  .278
Dusty Baker           23   49    5   13   4   0   1    4   1   0    3   12  .265
Darrell Evans         26   86   11   21   2   0   5   14   1   0   15    7  .244
Earl Williams         30  112   12   27   5   0   4   17   0   0   12   20  .241
Marty Perez           30  107    8   25   5   0   0    6   0   1    5   13  .234
Mike Lum              23   57    5   10   2   0   0    1   0   0    8    5  .175
Paul Casanova          9   26    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .154
Sonny Jackson          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rick Monday           28   86   19   31   5   1   5   14   5   2   19   20  .361
Gene Hiser             4    6    0    2   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .333
Jim Hickman           24   83   18   26   2   0   5   13   1   0    8   10  .313
Ron Santo             18   68   13   20   3   0   5   12   0   1    7   11  .294
Jose Cardenal         27  101   20   29   6   3   4   19   6   4   10    8  .287
Carmen Fanzone        19   44    8   12   4   0   3   11   0   0    7   10  .273
Billy Williams        29  122   16   32   5   1   2   12   2   0    7   14  .262
Don Kessinger         29  108   13   28   4   0   0   10   1   0   15   10  .259
Ken Rudolph            5   17    3    4   0   1   1    3   1   0    0    4  .235
Glenn Beckert         29  119    8   27   3   1   1   11   0   1    6    1  .227
Randy Hundley         25   85    4   19   6   0   0    8   0   0   11   16  .224
Billy North            9   24    2    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    1   10  .167
Joe Pepitone           8   25    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    4    4  .120
Art Shamsky            9   10    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .000
Frank Fernandez        2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Paul Popovich          3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney         11    9    5    5   0   0   0    0   1   1    2    2  .556
Bobby Tolan           30  115   22   39   9   3   4   23  14   3   11    8  .339
Joe Hague              2    6    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .333
Joe Morgan            31  113   31   34   5   2   5   13  15   3   24    6  .301
Tony Perez            25   97   12   28   4   0   6   22   0   0    8   31  .289
Julian Javier         13   34    2    9   2   0   1    6   1   0    3    3  .265
Hal McRae             12   19    0    5   1   0   0    5   0   0    1    1  .263
Dave Concepcion       31  103    8   26   2   1   1   14   6   2    5   14  .252
Pete Rose             31  131   18   32   3   1   0    8   0   1   11    6  .244
Johnny Bench          29  107   13   25   3   1   5   17   0   1   15   14  .234
Denis Menke           28   85    9   18   4   0   2    7   0   1   12   18  .212
Cesar Geronimo        22   33    5    6   3   1   1    3   0   1    4   12  .182
Ted Uhlaender         22   54    4    9   2   0   0    3   0   1    7    4  .167
Bernie Carbo          19   21    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    6    3  .143
George Foster         11   29    2    4   2   0   0    2   0   0    3    8  .138
Bill Plummer           3    6    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .000
Pat Corrales           2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jesus Alou             9   11    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .364
Cesar Cedeno          27  113   17   36   6   1   1   12  10   2   11   11  .319
Lee May               26  100   17   31   3   2   6   19   0   1   11   24  .310
Jim Wynn              30  118   24   36   5   1   7   23   2   2   17   19  .305
Johnny Edwards        26   88   14   25   5   1   3   11   0   2   14   13  .284
Bobby Fenwick          7   15    2    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    4  .267
Norm Miller           12   15    2    4   2   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .267
Bob Watson            30  111   21   29   3   1   4   18   0   0   15   16  .261
Bob Stinson            4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Doug Rader            30  117   12   26   5   2   4   20   2   0    8   22  .222
Jimmy Stewart         14   33    5    7   1   2   0    3   0   0    1    2  .212
Tommy Helms           27  103   10   21   1   0   2   11   0   1    4    4  .204
Roger Metzger         30  123   18   22   1   1   1   11   3   1   15   11  .179
Jack Hiatt             6   14    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .143

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bobby Valentine       17   38    4   15   0   0   1    3   0   1    4    5  .395
Bill Russell          27   72    7   24   7   0   3   14   0   2    6   10  .333
Chris Cannizzaro      13   41    6   12   1   0   1    6   0   0    5    9  .293
Wes Parker            21   73    6   21   1   0   0    7   0   0    9    3  .288
Frank Robinson        29   97   11   27   5   0   3   17   1   1   16   21  .278
Willie Crawford       23   72    9   20   5   1   5    8   2   1    7   12  .278
Steve Garvey          28   96   16   26   5   0   2    7   1   1    6    7  .271
Willie Davis          32  136   20   36   5   1   5   17   7   1    4   16  .265
Manny Mota            24   68   11   18   2   1   1    9   1   0    2    5  .265
Bill Buckner          20   64    7   16   3   0   0    3   0   1    4    3  .250
Jim Lefebvre          24   88    6   21   4   0   2   13   0   0    8   15  .239
Dick Dietz            11   29    3    5   1   0   0    4   1   0    5    3  .172
Billy Grabarkewitz    14   35    4    6   2   0   0    2   1   0    4   12  .171
Duke Sims             14   48    2    8   2   0   1    3   0   0    3    7  .167
Maury Wills           17   60    4    7   1   1   0    0   1   1    3    9  .117

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Humphrey         4    8    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .625
Bobby Wine            15    8    2    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .375
Jim Fairey            14   25    0    8   3   0   0    6   0   0    1    4  .320
John Bateman          10   19    0    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    2  .316
Clyde Mashore         21   43    6   12   3   0   0    5   1   0    4   10  .279
Ken Singleton         30  107   15   26   3   1   2   11   2   3   16   27  .243
Bob Bailey            30  111   12   26   3   1   1   10   4   2   12   17  .234
Ron Hunt              30  108   11   25   6   0   0    7   1   0   13    8  .232
Mike Jorgensen        28  100   13   23   3   0   4   12   3   4   13   24  .230
Ron Woods             19   48    3   11   1   0   0    2   1   2    4    8  .229
John Boccabella       26   87    7   19   3   1   0    2   0   1    4   14  .218
Ron Fairly            23   72    7   15   2   0   1    6   1   1    8    8  .208
Tim Foli              29   94    7   19   3   1   0   10   2   1    4    9  .202
Boots Day             21   65    3   13   2   0   0    5   0   2    1    9  .200
Hector Torres          9   14    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .071

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Duffy Dyer             8   22    2    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .364
John Milner           15   34    5   11   2   0   1    7   0   0    3    8  .324
Cleon Jones           26   96   11   30   2   0   2   13   0   2    8   23  .313
Tommie Agee           29  110   21   32   9   0   4   17   4   2   18   22  .291
Jim Fregosi           29  107   17   31   5   3   3   14   0   0   12   20  .290
Ted Martinez          15   52    8   15   1   3   0    4   0   1    1   10  .289
Rusty Staub           31  118   17   34   4   0   5   16   0   0   17    9  .288
Jerry Grote           25   82    6   22   3   1   3   11   0   0   12    6  .268
Willie Mays            3    8    4    2   1   0   1    2   0   1    4    4  .250
Ed Kranepool          26   80    9   19   3   0   3   12   1   0   10   13  .238
Bud Harrelson         30  121   14   28   2   0   1    6   4   2   11   16  .231
Wayne Garrett          4    5    1    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .200
Ken Boswell           22   85    6   15   1   1   0    5   0   1    9    5  .177
Jim Beauchamp          8   26    1    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    4  .154
Don Hahn               7    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Dave Marshall          5    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Terry Harmon          14   36   10   14   1   1   0    3   1   1    5    2  .389
Byron Browne          10    9    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .333
Greg Luzinski         30  115   15   35   7   2   6   14   0   0   12   20  .304
Denny Doyle           23   71    6   21   4   1   0    9   0   1    7   10  .296
Tommy Hutton          22   72    8   21   3   1   1    6   0   0    6    8  .292
Roger Freed            8   14    1    4   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    6  .286
Ron Stone             12   16    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    3  .250
Tim McCarver          25   95    8   22   6   0   2    8   0   2    9   10  .232
Willie Montanez       29  113   11   26   9   1   2   12   0   0   11   31  .230
Larry Bowa            30  120   13   27   3   0   0    3   3   1   10   11  .225
Deron Johnson         19   52    4   11   1   1   2   12   0   0    4   13  .212
Mike Ryan              7   24    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .208
Don Money             30  103    7   21   5   0   3    8   2   2   19   23  .204
Mike Anderson         28   86    6   15   5   0   2    5   1   0   14   31  .174
Pete Koegel            9    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .125

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rennie Stennett       18   56   10   22   4   2   1    9   0   2    0    4  .393
Vic Davalillo         20   41   13   16   2   0   2    6   2   0    5    3  .390
Manny Sanguillen      28  115   13   42   4   3   2   16   1   0    2   13  .365
Al Oliver             28  118   18   40   8   1   2   19   0   1    6    7  .339
Richie Hebner         27   99   15   32   6   1   5   16   0   0   10   10  .323
Roberto Clemente      27  109   19   35   8   2   2   13   0   0    8   10  .321
Gene Alley            18   44    4   14   2   0   0    7   2   1    7    5  .318
Dave Cash             21   94   18   28   5   0   1    4   4   2    5    9  .298
Willie Stargell       26  102   14   30   9   0   8   25   0   0    9   27  .294
Jackie Hernandez      19   47    4   12   3   0   0    5   0   0    3    8  .255
Milt May               9   13    0    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .231
Jose Pagan            11   17    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .177
Gene Clines           18   29    4    4   1   1   0    1   1   0    3    8  .138
Bob Robertson         23   72    6    9   3   0   2    5   1   0   16   20  .125
Bill Mazeroski         2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Leron Lee             24   81   13   29   4   2   3   11   1   3    8    5  .358
Garry Jestadt         14   18    1    5   0   0   1    3   0   0    1    3  .278
Dave Campbell         28   89    6   24   5   0   0    3   0   4   11   11  .270
Jerry Morales         16   30    2    8   1   2   0    3   1   1    4    4  .267
Cito Gaston           13   34    2    9   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .265
Curt Blefary           2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250
Johnny Jeter          29  101    9   24   1   1   4    9   3   4    5   29  .238
Nate Colbert          31  114   19   26   5   1   9   21   1   1   13   27  .228
Derrel Thomas         29  109    9   24   5   0   1   10   2   3   10   22  .220
Fred Kendall          17   57    4   11   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   11  .193
Bob Barton            17   53    0   10   0   0   0    7   1   0    2   10  .189
Don Mason              9   11    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .182
Ollie Brown           23   70    3   12   2   0   0    3   0   0    5    9  .171
Larry Stahl           20   53    3    9   1   0   1    3   0   0    5    8  .170
Enzo Hernandez        29  101   13   17   4   0   0    3   5   1    6    5  .168
Rafael Robles          6   10    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .100
Ed Spiezio             2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ed Goodson             2    1    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    0 1.000
Russ Gibson            2    5    0    2   0   1   0    3   0   0    0    0  .400
Willie McCovey         4   12    2    4   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    2  .333
Chris Arnold          16   31    3    9   2   1   0    1   0   1    7    3  .290
Al Gallagher          20   59    7   17   0   0   1    4   0   0    9    9  .288
Tito Fuentes          34  140   14   39   8   1   2    9   6   1    5   15  .279
Chris Speier          33  129   14   34   9   1   4   14   2   0   16   17  .264
Bobby Bonds           34  134   23   35   9   3   4   21   6   1    8   28  .261
Dave Rader            22   66    5   16   3   0   1    8   0   0    2    7  .242
Dave Kingman          34  128   17   31   4   3   7   26  10   1   11   36  .242
Bernie Williams       10   22    3    5   0   1   0    2   0   0    2    7  .227
Garry Maddox          23   80    9   18   8   1   0    9   1   0    4   19  .225
Jim Ray Hart           6   19    1    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    0    5  .211
Willie Mays           19   49    8    9   2   0   0    3   3   0   17    5  .184
Jim Howarth           17   17    6    3   1   0   0    0   1   0    9    6  .177
Ken Henderson         30  102    8   17   3   0   3    9   3   2   11   19  .167
Fran Healy            21   52    4    6   1   0   1    7   0   1    7   14  .115
Jimmy Rosario          7    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Marty Martinez         8    6    0    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Joe Torre             30  115   13   43   6   2   3   20   1   0    8   15  .374
Matty Alou            29  105   12   36   3   0   1    8   3   2    5    5  .343
Lou Brock             32  138   14   43   2   1   1   11  14   5    5   21  .312
Ted Simmons           30  115   12   32   7   1   2   18   0   1    7   16  .278
Ed Crosby             29   93    8   25   0   0   0    7   0   0    4    7  .269
Jerry McNertney       11   16    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    7  .250
Dwain Anderson         3    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Ted Sizemore          27  107   15   26   3   0   0    7   1   0    7    9  .243
Joe Hague             27   76    8   18   5   1   3   11   0   1   17   18  .237
Jose Cruz             30   94    9   19   2   2   0    8   1   0    9   14  .202
Luis Melendez         26   50    8   10   2   1   1    1   0   0    5    4  .200
Mike Fiore             7    5    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    2  .200
Bernie Carbo           2    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .167
Donn Clendenon        20   41    4    6   1   0   1    1   1   0    4   15  .146
Dal Maxvill           22   28    1    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    7    5  .071

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  T. Fuentes (SF)         140
  L. Brock (STL)          138
  W. Davis (LA)           136
  B. Bonds (SF)           134
  P. Rose (CIN)           131
  F. Millan (ATL)         129
  C. Speier (SF)          129
  D. Kingman (SF)         128
  R. Garr (ATL)           123
  R. Metzger (HOU)        123

Runs Scored:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          31
  J. Wynn (HOU)            24
  B. Bonds (SF)            23
  B. Tolan (CIN)           22
  T. Agee (NY)             21
  B. Watson (HOU)          21
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        20
  W. Davis (LA)            20
  R. Clemente (PIT)        19
  N. Colbert (SD)          19

Hits:

  L. Brock (STL)           43
  J. Torre (STL)           43
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)      42
  A. Oliver (PIT)          40
  T. Fuentes (SF)          39
  B. Tolan (CIN)           39
  R. Garr (ATL)            37
  F. Millan (ATL)          37
  M. Alou (STL)            36
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          36

Doubles:

  T. Agee (NY)              9
  B. Bonds (SF)             9
  W. Montanez (PHI)         9
  C. Speier (SF)            9
  W. Stargell (PIT)         9
  B. Tolan (CIN)            9
  R. Clemente (PIT)         8
  T. Fuentes (SF)           8
  G. Maddox (SF)            8
  A. Oliver (PIT)           8

Triples:

  B. Bonds (SF)             3
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         3
  J. Fregosi (NY)           3
  D. Kingman (SF)           3
  T. Martinez (NY)          3
  M. Sanguillen (PIT)       3
  B. Tolan (CIN)            3
  R. Clemente (PIT)         2
  J. Cruz (STL)             2
  L. Lee (SD)               2

Home Runs:

  N. Colbert (SD)           9
  W. Stargell (PIT)         8
  D. Kingman (SF)           7
  J. Wynn (HOU)             7
  H. Aaron (ATL)            6
  G. Luzinski (PHI)         6
  L. May (HOU)              6
  T. Perez (CIN)            6
  J. Bench (CIN)            5
  W. Crawford (LA)          5

RBI:

  D. Kingman (SF)          26
  W. Stargell (PIT)        25
  B. Tolan (CIN)           23
  J. Wynn (HOU)            23
  T. Perez (CIN)           22
  B. Bonds (SF)            21
  N. Colbert (SD)          21
  D. Rader (HOU)           20
  J. Torre (STL)           20
  J. Cardenal (CHI)        19

Stolen Bases:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          15
  L. Brock (STL)           14
  B. Tolan (CIN)           14
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          10
  D. Kingman (SF)          10
  W. Davis (LA)             7
  R. Garr (ATL)             7
  B. Bonds (SF)             6
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         6
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       6

Caught Stealing:

  L. Brock (STL)            5
  D. Campbell (SD)          4
  J. Cardenal (CHI)         4
  J. Jeter (SD)             4
  M. Jorgensen (MON)        4
  R. Garr (ATL)             3
  L. Lee (SD)               3
  J. Morgan (CIN)           3
  K. Singleton (MON)        3
  D. Thomas (SD)            3

Walks:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          24
  W. Mays (NY)             21
  J. Hague (CIN)           19
  R. Monday (CHI)          19
  D. Money (PHI)           19
  T. Agee (NY)             18
  R. Carty (ATL)           17
  R. Staub (NY)            17
  J. Wynn (HOU)            17
  H. Aaron (ATL)           16

Strikeouts:

  D. Kingman (SF)          36
  M. Anderson (PHI)        31
  W. Montanez (PHI)        31
  T. Perez (CIN)           31
  J. Jeter (SD)            29
  B. Bonds (SF)            28
  N. Colbert (SD)          27
  K. Singleton (MON)       27
  W. Stargell (PIT)        27
  M. Jorgensen (MON)       24


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